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The impact and cost‐effectiveness of community‐based HIV self‐testing in sub‐Saharan Africa: a health economic and modelling analysis

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The prevalence of undiagnosed HIV is declining in Africa, and various HIV testing approaches are finding lower positivity rates. In this context, the epidemiological impact and cost‐effectiveness of community‐based HIV… Click to show full abstract

The prevalence of undiagnosed HIV is declining in Africa, and various HIV testing approaches are finding lower positivity rates. In this context, the epidemiological impact and cost‐effectiveness of community‐based HIV self‐testing (CB‐HIVST) is unclear. We aimed to assess this in different sub‐populations and across scenarios characterized by different adult HIV prevalence and antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub‐Saharan Africa.

Keywords: effectiveness community; community based; impact cost; hiv; based hiv; cost effectiveness

Journal Title: Journal of the International AIDS Society
Year Published: 2019

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